Explore the project home, project setup, other functionality, and project revision pages. Learn how to customize the settings for your projects, set user rights, use data access groups, and move your project to Production.
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Project Setup page
The ability to view and edit project setup requires the Project Design and Setup user privilege.
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Common Project Settings
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Surveys
Project Setup > Main project settings
Allows the data collection instruments in REDCap to be enabled as surveys, making them accessible for data entry using a website URL without a REDCap login. Surveys are used when participants are entering data rather than project users. Survey links can be made for specific participants, and a public survey link can be made that can be given to all participants.
Longitudinal data collection
Project Setup > Main project settings
Enables Events and Arms to be used in your project. Learn more here.
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Repeating instruments (and events)
Project Setup > Enable optional modules and customizations
Allows instruments to be used multiple times for one record. For example, if the same form is to be filled out multiple times. If a project is longitudinal, events can also be made repeatable. Learn more here.
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Randomization
Project Setup > Enable optional modules and customizations
Allows records to be assigned to groups via a randomization model using REDCap.
Designated email field
Project Setup > Enable optional modules and customizations
Allows an email address stored in a record to be automatically recognized as the sending address for surveys or alerts.
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Twilio
Project Setup > Enable optional modules and customizations
Allows surveys and alerts to be sent via SMS message or Voice Call using the external service Twilio.
User Rights and Permissions
Project Setup > User Rights and Permissions
Grant other users access to the project and edit the user privileges of current users on this project by navigating to the User Rights page.
Field Comment Log
Project Setup > Enable optional modules and customizations > Additional customizations
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During data collection, check the Field Comment Log to ensure it is not being used as a substitute for a ‘notes’ or ‘other’ field. The field comments are not stored/exported along with record data. Participant data should not be entered there! |
Move to Production Status
Project Setup > Move your project to production status
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